Wasn't Roy Williams on the bench that day, March 29, 1982, when North Carolina squeaked by Georgetown to win the national championship? Indeed he was.

North Carolina’s 63-62 win over Georgetown for the 1982 national championship may be the most dissected game in program history, rivaled only in importance by the 1957 title game that ...

North Carolina coach Dean Smith cuts the net after the Tar Heels defeated Georgetown 63-62 for the NCAA Tournament championship in New Orleans, March 29, 1982.

The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team is down to the Georgetown Hoyas after three all-time matchups, with the ...

Dean Smith returned North Carolina to national prominence in the 1970s, regularly taking the Tar Heels on deep NCAA Tournament runs. But it was in 1982 that he took them to the March Madness ...